strategies to increase visibility 

strategies to increase visibility

[b]Shareware Junction Pioneer Report MDI (GRML web browsers)[/b]
[b]Shareware Junction Bar Graph MDI (bar graphs, GRML web browsers)[/b]
[b]Shareware Junction Headlines MDI (GRML web browsers)[/b]
[b]Shareware Junction Tree MDI (GRML web browsers)[/b]

[b]Joe User GRML (web browsers)[/b]

There are several different ways of having a site link to your site.

1. Standard link exchange. Visit sites and e-mail exchange requests. Try to point the webmaster to the details page for other linking options.

2. Standard "content-based links page". Every topic has it's own links page. Everyone is invited to sign-up and add their links to a relevant page on their site. Mention a link back is appreciated, but not required. This gets you a few links back. Another side benefit, to other webmasters, is if they have a good site. Other members of your site often add a link to their site because it's interesting and related to a topic on your site.

3. "Content development" angle. Webmasters who sign-up, and promise to add some relavant information to the database, can check off a "I'm a webmaster" box. They are allowed to paste a URL of their banner into their user profile. If its adding brand new information, they get their banner displayed near the top of the data entry on the main data page. If they "update" information, their banner appears near the bottom of the results. However, it is still on the same page. This helps webmasters to improve their search engine visibility more than anything else mentioned. Their banner is one of a few external links on the page rather than one of many.